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CHAPTER V.
\ LOCOMOTIVE LEFT nEuuNp

LoDMOfIN" Lttl behind.
At length we reached the E,oWaii river
and safely passed over the great bridge
at that point. No stop was made, though
the first SeriOU> Cali-r for anxiety vas
here visible. Hitherto ever, hin! had
worked exactly n we had calculated. and
our confidence ia orr leader ana in .inal
success. was cocrospondingly increased,
but on u side track which connected with
little branch road that ran M the
river a(-Tit five miles to he ftnWNh ron
works and rolling mills, there >tnul 4
locomotive It. WAS hut a short distal.cr
from lIs and the smoke from the funnel
showed too plainly that il was ready lor
work. thus constituting IN element Of the
most dangerous Character which had hot
been embraced in our calculations II
was nnured the Yonah-s private en-
CINE used By the OWNERS Of the works Tor
their own purposes, Thoroughly aS An
drewS had explored the road hr had no
know lerigr OF its existence until The mo-
meDt " hen lie saw il standing on Che Silr.
track not dozen yards away, md looking
a. II il Was ready Ia enter Upon a race
with orr General on equal terms It
was StEl thir,r'n miles To Kingston, and
the enemy, ii there was any direct par
suit, would be able to get an engine her,
much sooner than we had SUPPOSED posi-
Die. several men were gathered ahs,t If
but not enough to make an assault seem
very formidable To our party Al the
first sight, knight said t. Andrews, We
had better destroy that aud the hi.
bridge, but Andrews refused with the
remark, 1T won't make rAy difference"
Nearly all critics of the expedition " o
knew of the pre>"ica of this locomotive
for hong time ! did not, a. | was .hIr
mp in the bnN car-are disposed to think
that hers Andrew, made Il most unac-
countRbl" mistake But this ! fur tru,r
certain.
1t must bc remembered thai the barn
ing Of Ihie bridge formed no pAc, of An.
dreWa' original plhn, and cDuid have az
complisini nothing nnrr coward the
rurtterinE af MitChri'S plAnS than lhc
burning 90 the OostvnIjlid byigr. Tho
local freight train WAS now due, ana II it
came in sight while We wprr cngagel in
destroying the Nunah, % the bridge,
and getting the alarm, Is would br almost
inevitable under the cirrum stances,
should get away frpin IL AMI run bacb to
Kingston, OF should rUu on VI, aud Ca,Isr
wreck, our situation would bn lar worse
tnhn WITH mus engine lett behind Us. But
even We could DE assured that the local
would not come, but remain for Us at
Kingston, stiE the attack here would
alarm The enemy, and we would DE fol
lowed from this point as readily al from
Big ~hanty, but eighteen miles further IN
the road. 1t would be but little more
than an hours Gallop to Kingston, where
train for pursuit would surely be found.
The capture at Big Shauty assured Us Of
longer start Ciidrr any circumstances
than seemed possible If we stopped To
strike blow here.
Leaving the engine and bridge behind.
we glide1l on through CnrtersYillc, a town
of considerable size, where therr Wen,
many disappointed passcngNs on the
platform, and continued without Incident
until We reached CaSS station. The town
Cf CasSYillc i some distance from the
railroad, but the station was important
for us a. the regular place for taking on
wood and water. Here we stopped and
began to wood up. William Russell, the
tender, was naturally curious about the
appearance Of such e small train running